Abstract: A prosthesis for the surgical replacement of a dysfunctional knee joint. The prosthesis includes a tibial platform, one or two tibial bearing inserts, and a femoral component.In a unicompartmental embodiment of the invention, the tibial platform includes a spike for securing the tibial platform to the tibia. The tibial platform, in the unicompartmental embodiment, includes a track, which may be curved, and which is slidably engaged in dovetail fashion by a tibial bearing insert. The superior surface of the tibial bearing insert is concave spherical, designed to slidably engage the inferior surface of the femoral component. The inferior surface of the femoral component is generally convex spherical, with radius of curvature slightly smaller than the radius of curvature of the tibial bearing insert.

Abstract: Apparatus for moving an object, such as for example the top sheet of a stack of individual sheets of cut paper, including a motor which upon energization of the motor to rotate its drive shaft having a drive member provided thereon, is pivoted toward the object to cause the drive member to engage the object and move the object upon rotation of the drive shaft. Such pivoting of the motor and drive shaft is produced by using force received from the drive shaft to produce another force which in turn produces torque which causes pivoting of the motor and drive shaft toward the object to be moved.

Abstract: An improved AC synchronous reluctance motor including a plurality of rotor segments wherein each rotor segment is comprised of a plurality of magnetic sub-segments and a plurality of electrically conductive sub-segments interspersed with said magnetic sub-segments and wherein each magnetic sub-segment is comprised of a plurality of laminations of soft magnetic material extending axially parallel to the axis of the shaft and non-magnetic material extending axially parallel to the axis of the shaft and positioned intermediate the laminations of soft magnetic material.